Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Livestock Disease Control Act 1994 - SECT 4

Objectives

4. Objectives

The objectives of this Act are to-

   (a)  protect public health by preventing, monitoring and controlling
        diseases transmissible from livestock to humans;

   (b)  to protect domestic and export markets for livestock and livestock
        products by preventing, monitoring and controlling livestock diseases;

   (c)  to provide for the preventing, monitoring and eradication of exotic
        livestock diseases;



   (d)  to provide compensation for certain losses caused by livestock
        diseases;



   (e)  to facilitate the operation of livestock identification and tracking
        programs for disease and residue control and market access.